scholarly journals Single-Switch LED Post-Regulator Based on a Modified Class-E Resonant Converter with Voltage Clamp

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ribas ◽  
Quintana ◽  
Cardesin ◽  
Calleja ◽  
Lopez-Corominas
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Resonant Converter ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Resonant Inverter ◽  
Switching Losses ◽  
Measured Efficiency ◽  
In Series ◽  
Converter Topology ◽  
Switch Voltage ◽  
Class E

The strict restrictions imposed both by mandatory regulations and by the recommendations contained in current standards have led to the fact that most commercially available LED ballasts nowadays use two-stage topologies. The first stage is intended to comply with the harmonics standards and the second stage is used to control the LED current and reduce the low frequency ripple. In this work, a new DC–DC resonant converter topology is presented. This topology is derived from a modified Class-E resonant inverter by adding a clamping diode. This diode achieves a double goal: it limits the maximum switch voltage and works as a power recirculating path. This way, the proposed topology behaves as a loss-less impedance placed in series with the LED thus allowing to control the output power. This converter maintains the extremely small switching losses inherent to the Class-E inverter while reducing the voltage stress across the switch. This work presents a simplified design methodology based on the fundamental approach. This methodology was used to design and build a DC–DC post-regulator for a 40 W LED lamp. The results obtained with the laboratory prototype show that this circuit can be used to stabilize and dim the LED current while maintaining very small losses. The measured efficiency was 95.7% at nominal power and above 90% when dimmed down to 25%.

scholarly journals Resonant Converter with Soft Switching and Wide Voltage Operation

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 3479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bor-Ren Lin
Keyword(s):  
Output Voltage ◽  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Resonant Converters ◽  
Resonant Converter ◽  
Switching Loss ◽  
Voltage Range ◽  
Power Diodes ◽  
Switching Losses ◽  
In Series

A new DC/DC resonant converter with wide output voltage range operation is presented and studied to have the benefits of low switching losses on active devices and low voltage stresses on power diodes. To overcome serious reverse recovery losses of power diodes on a conventional full-bridge pulse-width modulation converter, the resonant converter is adopted to reduce the switching loss and increase the circuit efficiency. To extend the output voltage range in conventional half-bridge or full-bridge resonant converters, the secondary sides of two diode rectifiers are connected in series to have wide output voltage operation. The proposed converter can be either operated at one-resonant-converter mode for low voltage range or two-resonant-converter mode for high voltage range. Thus, the voltage rating of power diodes is decreased. Experiments with the design example are given to show the circuit performance and validate the theoretical discussion and analysis.

scholarly journals A Comparative Performance Analysis of Zero Voltage Switching Class E and Selected Enhanced Class E Inverters

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 2226
Author(s):  
Ratil H. Ashique ◽  
Md Hasan Maruf ◽  
Kazi Md Shahnawaz Habib Sourov ◽  
Md Mahadul Islam ◽  
Aminul Islam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Output ◽  
Performance Standard ◽  
Optimum Operating ◽  
Duty Ratio ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Optimum Operating Condition ◽  
In Series ◽  
Load Network ◽  
Switch Voltage ◽  
Class E

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the class E and selected enhanced class E inverters, namely, the second and third harmonic group of class EFn, E/Fn and the class E Flat Top inverter. The inverters are designed under identical specifications and evaluated against the variation of switching frequency (f), duty ratio (D), capacitance ratio (k), and the load resistance (RL). To offer a comparative understanding, the performance parameters, namely, the power output capability, efficiency, peak switch voltage and current, peak resonant capacitor voltages, and the peak current in the lumped network, are determined quantitatively. It is found that the class EF2 and E/F3 inverters, in general, have higher efficiency and comparable power output capability with respect to the class E inverter. More specifically, the class EF2 (parallel LC and in series to the load network) and E/F3 (parallel LC and in series to the load network) maintain 90% efficiency compared to 80% for class E inverter at the optimum operating condition. Furthermore, the peak switch voltage and current in these inverters are on average 20–30% lower than the class E and other versions for k > 1. The analysis also shows that the class EF2 and E/F3 inverters should be operated in the stretch of 1 < k < 5 and D = 0.3–0.6 at the optimum load to sustain the high-performance standard.

scholarly journals Flyback Converter for Solid-State Lighting Applications with Partial Energy Processing

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Mario Ponce-Silva ◽  
Daniel Salazar-Pérez ◽  
Oscar Miguel Rodríguez-Benítez ◽  
Luis Gerardo Vela-Valdés ◽  
Abraham Claudio-Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Solid State Lighting ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Flyback Converter ◽  
Partial Energy ◽  
In Series ◽  
Energy Processing

The main contribution of this paper is to show a new AC/DC converter based on the rearrangement of the flyback converter. The proposed circuit only manages part of the energy and the rest is delivered directly from the source to the load. Therefore, with the new topology, the efficiency is increased, and the stress of the components is reduced. The rearrangement consist of the secondary of the flyback is placed in parallel with the load, and this arrangement is connected in series with the primary side and the rectified voltage source. The re-arranged flyback is only a reductive topology and with no magnetic isolation. It was studied as a power supply for LEDs. A low frequency averaged analysis (LFAA) was used to determine the behavior of the proposed circuit and an equivalent circuit much easier to analyze was obtained. To validate the theoretical analysis, a design methodology was developed for the re-arranged flyback converter. The designed circuit was implemented in a 10 W prototype. Experimental results showed that the converter has a THDi = 21.7% and a PF = 0.9686.

scholarly journals A Novel Hybrid LDC Converter Topology for the Integrated On-Board Charger of Electric Vehicles

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3603
Author(s):  
Vu-Hai Nam ◽  
Duong-Van Tinh ◽  
Woojin Choi
Keyword(s):  
Low Voltage ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Battery Charger ◽  
Forward Converter ◽  
Vehicle To Grid ◽  
Circulating Current ◽  
In Series ◽  
Converter Topology ◽  
Output Capacitor

Recently, the integrated On-Board Charger (OBC) combining an OBC converter with a Low-Voltage DC/DC Converter (LDC) has been considered to reduce the size, weight and cost of DC-DC converters in the EV system. This paper proposes a new integrated OBC converter with V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) and auxiliary battery charge functions. In the proposed integrated OBC converter, the OBC converter is composed of a bidirectional full-bridge converter with an active clamp circuit and a hybrid LDC converter with a Phase-Shift Full-Bridge (PSFB) converter and a forward converter. ZVS for all primary switches and nearly ZCS for the lagging switches can be achieved for all the operating conditions. In the secondary side of the proposed LDC converter, an additional circuit composed of a capacitor and two diodes is employed to clamp the oscillation voltage across rectifier diodes and to eliminate the circulating current. Since the output capacitor of the forward converter is connected in series with the output capacitor of the auxiliary battery charger, the energy from the propulsion battery can be delivered to the auxiliary battery during the freewheeling interval and it helps reduce the current ripple of the output inductor, leading to a smaller volume of the output inductor. A 1 kW prototype converter is implemented to verify the performance of the proposed topology. The maximum efficiency of the proposed converter achieved by the experiments is 96%.

Resonant converter topology impact on a Dynamic IPT application

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valter S. Costa ◽  
Emanuel Marques ◽  
Andre M. S. Mendes ◽  
Marina S. Perdigao
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Converter ◽  
Converter Topology

Resonant converter topology for the new ISOLDE/CERN modulator

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Redondo ◽  
J. Fernando Silva ◽  
H. Canacsinh ◽  
J. P. M. Mendes ◽  
M. A. Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Converter ◽  
Converter Topology

scholarly journals Quasi-resonant inverter power pulsed radar system

2015 ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
V. N. Dolov ◽  
V. F. Strelkov ◽  
V. V. Vanyaev ◽  
A. A. Kochnev
Keyword(s):  
Output Voltage ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Voltage Regulation ◽  
Open Loop ◽  
Radar System ◽  
Resonant Converter ◽  
Resonant Inverter ◽  
Pulse Output ◽  
External Characteristics

Presented by quasi-resonant converter of a pulse of microwave power transmission device lamp radar with pulse output voltage regulation. The features of his work are given a mathematical model, the external characteristics and some simulation results in open-loop and closed-loop output voltage system.

scholarly journals A Study of ZVS, ZCS and ZVZCS Techniques in Reducing the Energy Loss and Improving the Soft Switching Range

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratil H Ashique ◽  
Zainal Salam
Keyword(s):  
Energy Loss ◽  
Loss Factor ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Soft Switching ◽  
Low Loss ◽  
Turn On ◽  
Switching Losses ◽  
Extended Range ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Switch Voltage

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the ZVZCS soft switching technique with the ZVS and the ZCS counterpart. The generalization of the voltage-current crossover or the energy loss factor obtained from simulation of the prototype converter shows that the ZVZCS significantly reduces the loss and helps to improve the efficiency of the converter as compared to the ZVS or the ZCS. On the other hand, it is also found that the soft switching range of operation of the ZVS and the ZCS are largely affected by the maximum switch voltage and switch current respectively. In contrary, these factors have a negligible effect on the ZVZCS operation which results in an extended range of soft switching operation. Additionally, a detailed LTPICE simulation is performed for selected ZVS, ZCS and ZVSCS topologies from the recent literature and the switching losses in the main switches of the converters are measured. It is observed that the energy losses in the ZVZCS mode are reduced on average by approximately 26 % at turn on and 20 % at the turn off as compared to the ZVS and the ZCS. Besides, the low standard deviation in this mode confirms a stable low loss profile which renders extended soft switching range. An experimental test is also conducted by building the prototype converter to verify the simulation results. It is found that the switching losses are minimum while the converter is operated in the ZVZCS mode. Besides, the efficiency drop remains consistently low as compared to the ZVS and the ZCS in the whole operating range. Resultantly, the simulation and the experimental results are both found to be consistent.

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